Will We See Our Pets In Heaven

Pets as pets do not go to heaven.

Will we see our pets in heaven. Will we see our pets in heaven. Several ministers responded no but others were willing to grant the possibility though all admitted that there is no clearly right answer. So there very well may be dogs and cats and other animals in heaven. We asked six christian ministers in the columbia s c.

Lawrence farley i suspect that every pastor has been asked this question at one time or another and it usually comes from one of the more junior members of the congregation who has just lost his beloved cat or dog. That doesn t mean we won t see our pets in heaven. Your pet is not gone forever. Let s get the bad news out of the way first.

Animals do not have eternal souls. It would certainly be more popular among animal lovers to say that animals have eternal souls. Area if they believe we will see our pets in heaven. But animals and such like beings may be said to be brought to heaven because after the last day they can serve as part of the joys of heaven.

Animals have their lives in god. Let s take a closer look. That said while we might be the only creatures able to unite with the divine in heaven that does not mean that animals will not be present there too. But here s the good news.

The bible does not give a definitive answer to the question of whether we will see our pets in heaven but it does say with god all things are possible matthew 19 26 niv rather than speculate about things that are at present unknowable we can turn our thoughts toward thanking god for the tremendous gift of joy that our furry friends bring to us now. The pets that we had to say goodbye to are alive in heaven right now in their spiritual bodies and we will see them again if we accept jesus as our savior. In psalm 104 we read that animals look to. However just as many other christians do not believe that any of our pets will be crossing over to be with us.

In this book you will learn that animals are innocent and are not in need of salvation and that it was never our heavenly father desire that we or his animals would suffer death. I ve had the pleasure of caring for many pets throughout my life and i am grief stricken. It just means that they will not be united with god in quite the same way that we are. The question of whether our pets go to heaven requires an examination of the natures of animals of humans and of god.

January 26 2020 january 26 2020 fr. All agreed that the answer to this question lies in how one interprets the scriptures.